"So throw away those Lamentations,
We both know them all too well.
If there's a Book of Jubilations,
We'll have to write it for ourselves.."

-Josh Ritter




Wednesday, March 18, 2009

My own nepharious purposes

I've been thinking a lot about the influence we have on our children. Do they come out predetermined to be feminine or masculine? Or do we subtly influence them from the moment that we slap on the pink newborn onesie? My suspicion is that it's something of a combination of the two. But leaning heavily towards the latter.

The following clip is very clearly a case of manipulation of the parental variety. Once upon a time, about 2 months ago, I posted about how Nora could now talk and thus was talking back. After a long lament about the mixed bag that parenting a toddler inherently is, my brother sent me a prophetic email. He said, "Yes, but one day, you will be able to reap endless entertainment by teaching your child to unwittingly repeat your favorite movie quotes."

Jim, this is for you:


That'll do, since she's two and probably not ready for the ones I really want to teach her. Please feel free to recommend your favorites...

13 comments:

Eric said...

"Forget it, Donny, you're out of your element!"

or alternatively:

"...say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos."

Guess we'll have to wait a few months to teach her those.

Anonymous said...

so what movie is this from???

Jim J. said...

AWESOME!! THANK YOU!!! That's the best birthday present I can imagine... heh heh heh!

You can always teach her to expand upon that line: "Four weeks. Twenty papers. That's two dollars... plus tip."

Actually I highly recommend leaving the DVD on loop; soon she'll be spouting gems like:

* Right Off!

* Tentacles... N-T

* ... now a study in moppishness.

* Jennifer, this is fabulous liqueur. It reminds me of the moonshine Ricky's dead pappy used to make, God bless him.

* Any girl in this school would be overwhelmed with sweat just to go out with me

I hope you are well. Thanks again!

YAB/Jim

Kat said...

I've been trying for, "It has raisins. You like raisins."
Or alternatively, "Buck up, little camper! We'll beat that slope together."
And for the person who asked, most of the quotes are from "Better Off Dead." Eric's are "The Big Lebowski."

Jim J. said...

All good ones! Can you believe I have never seen TBL? I must rent it this weekend.

Kat said...

And let us not forget the generator of all things quotable, Ralph Wiggum:
"Tastes like burning!"
"I bent my wookie."
"My cat's breath smells like cat food."

Jim J. said...

My favorite Ralph quote is still "Chicken necks?".

Anonymous said...

Ralph sez: "The doctor said I wouldn't have so many nose bleeds if I kept my finger outta there."

This is fun! I like this game!

Gregg said...

I am going out on a limb here and figure that you guys probably appreciate the earlier work of Kevin Smith...If not, then you should learn to.

From Mall Rats:
"A schooner is a sailboat stupid head"

If you get Nora to say this I will be forever grateful. Unfortunately the toddler we manufactured is a bit behind in the speech department.

Jim J. said...

Gunga Galunga would be a nice choice!!

Look what you've started.

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